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Texas A&M University

Texas a & M University: The Origins of Greek Mathematics [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the history of Greek mathematics and the major figures and schools of mathematics.
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Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the beliefs of Aristotle, his contributions to logic, and why he had to flee Athens at the time of Alexander's death.
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Stanford University

Stanford Encyl. Of Philosophy: Aristotle's Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed, sophisticated analysis from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Aristotelian psychology. Discusses primarily his theories of "hylomorphism", mind, and perception. Also explains Aristotle's famous "four causes."
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: How the Greeks Used Geometry to Understand the Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
An article explaining how the Greeks were able to use their science and mathematics to predict where astronomical objects such as the Planets could be found in the nighttime sky even though their underlying premise was that the earth did...
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Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Zeno of Elea

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at what is known about the life and work of Zeno of Elea, and explains several of his Paradoxes and how others, including Aristotle, viewed them.
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Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Saint Thomas Aquinas

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very detailed site about the life and the works of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274 CE). This site provides the reader with a brief biography, comparisons between Aristotle and Aquinas, commentary on Aquinas' work, and also a...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Statue of Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology.
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Univ. Of Texas: Plato, Aristotle, Al Farabi

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the cosmological arguments (and corresponding concepts of "unmoved mover") of three influential western thinkers. Describes in detail the line of argument each pursues, and indicates the particular theory of causation implied by...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Classics in Western Philosophy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Utilize these excellent resources when introducing the concepts of Western Philosophy and/or analyzing changing philosophies over time.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 702: Trompe L'oeil

For Students 9th - 10th
A short lecture on trompe l'oeil in art that introduces the concept of realism turned to visual deception in artwork. It explores the great divide in theory between Plato and Aristotle which serves as an epistemological backdrop to the...
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Scholarly Definitions of Rhetoric

For Students 9th - 10th
This is collection of scholars' definitions of rhetoric; these include Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Francis Bacon, Henry Ward Beecher and many more.
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Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Introduction to Political Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
Introductory university-level course in Western political thought and thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville. Access the full course, in twenty four lectures, in either audio or video formats....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Plato

For Students 9th - 10th
Plato was a Classical Greek philosopher, who, together with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy. Plato was also a mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Plato

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustration of Plato, a Classical Greek philosopher, who, together with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy. Plato was also a mathematician, writer of philosophical...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th
Aristotle was born in 384 B.C., at Stagira, a seaport town of Chalcidice, whence he is frequeently called the Stagirite. At the age of 17, Aristotle, who had then lost both father and mother, repaired to Athens. Plato considered him his...
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Washington State University: Renaissance Neo Platonism

For Students 9th - 10th
A discusion of the Platonic Tradition and its rebirth during the Italian Renaissance. Also mentions humanism, Aristotle and Marsilio Ficino.
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Revista Eletronica: Grecia Antiga (In Portuguese)

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive collection of digital artifacts and articles on Greek culture from antiquity to modernity. Many aspects of Greece's development, from philosophy, mathematics, writings, medicine to language, are covered. Check out "Quid...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Al Farabi,avincenna, Averroe

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an essay on the role of philosophy in Islam according to Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, who are Islamic philosophers and writers from the Middle Ages.
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Stanford University

Saint Thomas Aquinas: Christian Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the views of Aquinas on the relationship of philosophy and theology, and on the possibility of a "Christian philosophy." Aquinas' own enthusiasm for Aristotle is addressed as an important case study.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Ethics Reader: Great Ethicists of the Western Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
A 190-page reader of selected writings from the most-influential thinkers of the Western tradition on the wide-ranging subject of ethics. Essential background information for any serious student of the principles of law, good government,...